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Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat

This face is made clear when the author writes about the remoteness of Uncle Angus cabin from other signs of human civilization. L...

Poachers vs. the Conservation Police

Louisiana alligators, the population had been depleted nearly 90 percent because of an extremely lucrative skin trade (Speart, 199...

Colonial Age and Wilderness Literature

sailers would pilfer to sell, give, or exchange with us, for money, sassafras, furs, or love...when they departed, there remained ...

Journeying into the Woods in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this paper discusses the similarities between the journey into the woods and the Puritan journey into the wilderness...

Literary Evidence of American Society in the Early Twentieth Century

In a paper consisting of ten pages the different perspectives of the texts The City Wilderness by Robert Woods, The Origins of the...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Juvenile Wilderness Camps

This paper consists of eleven pages and examines whether or not juvenile delinquency is effectively treated through juvenile wilde...

Controversy Over Utah's Wilderness Issue

In three pages this paper discusses the wilderness issue of Utah and its controversy. Three sources are cited in the bibliography...

Wilderness 'Environmental Management' Impact Minimalizing

In five pages this paper discusses the importance of preserving wilderness integrity in a discussion of the effects of environment...

Firefighting and Helicopters

In ten pages the wilderness and urban uses of helicopters in fighting fires are examined in terms of technology and training requi...

Frontier Influence on Presidents George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln

cry may have gone out -the army is coming! And in 1794, Washington order 13000 men to march into the frontier to "deal" with The ...

Northern California Myth

up there" (Rigsby). However, while David admits that the days of the pioneers are over, "like many myths," he supposes that ther...

Wilderness Concepts

alone. Abbey, Haig-Brown and Turner alike all share a deep appreciate for the wonders of the natural world. Roderick Haig-B...

Humans and Nature

essay that illustrates her story about being African American is not every African Americans story and in truth it is quite differ...

Summary of William Cronon's Essay 'The Trouble with Wilderness'

this wilderness for wilderness and enjoying the wilderness is for those who have the leisure time and money to travel to such plac...

Foreman: “Toehold”

16th century Italian artist and sculptor who was famed, among other things, for his goldsmithing. His exquisite work is world-famo...

Biblical Stance Toward Food Production

This research paper begins by relating the topic of food production to Exodus 16 and 17, i.e., the narratives associated with the ...

17th Century Social History of China and The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan Spence

In five pages this paper examines how Chinese society of the seventeenth century is presented in The Death of Woman Wang by Jonath...

Keynesian Perspectives on Contract Labor

In thirty two pages contract labor theory is reviewed in terms of its Keynesian monetarist and neoclassicist theories with a discu...

God's Second Son by Jonathan D. Spence

In 6 pages this paper examines the 19th century Chinese rebel peasant Hong Xiuquan who contended he was Jesus Christ's brother as ...

Errand Into the Wilderness by Samuel Danforth

In five pages this sermon of the 17th century is examined in terms of its complexity of function as both an allegory and Jeremiad....

Concepts of Nature and Wilderness

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

International Protection of Ecosystems, Ecocentrisms, and Wilderness

In five pages this paper examines an article by George Sessions and discusses the feasbility of the author's approach regarding ec...

Delores Williams' Sisters in the Wilderness

"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...

Civilization versus Wilderness in the Epic of Gilgamesh

who is as strong as Gilgamesh (Sandars, 1987). In order for Enkidu to be a civilizing force on Gilgamesh, he must first be initi...

The 'Sir Patrick Spence Poem

implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...

Edward Saidian Perspective of The Chan's Great Continent by Jonathan D. Spence

authentic reports of Chinese culture. As it turns out, however, Polos accounts are marred with self-aggrandizing elements that cl...

17th Century Women in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

was by no means typical of Chinese marital experience, the repressive conditions which made it possible were the cultural portion ...

Mark 4:1-9

but also offers insight into how the passage pertains to present-day Christian life. Background on Marks Gospel, Literary Interpre...

Huck Finn is Not a Racist Book

and wrong the past was, as he also introduces what were still subversive ideas concerning race. For example, take the way that Chr...

Climate: What The Future May Hold

Society, 2004, p. S5). Emission scenarios are a necessary component of future climate predictions because they establish a basis...